Statistics for Guess the Year: Newspaper Headlines

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Headline	Year	% Correct
Germany Declares War on Belgium	1914	86%
Elvis Presley Dies at 42	1977	76%
Man Enters Space	1961	73%
Martin King Shot to Death	1968	71%
Nelson Mandela Freed	1990	71%
State of Israel is Born	1948	69%
Prohibition Ends At Last!	1933	65%
Women Win Right to Vote in Suffragette Victory	1920	57%
Dewey Defeats Truman	1948	57%
Mahatma Gandhi Killed by Assassin's Bullet	1948	57%
President Truman Wipes Out Segregation in Armed Forces	1948	55%
"Jack the Ripper" Claims 5th Victim	1888	53%
Dr. Einstein is Dead; He Unlocked the Door to the Atomic Age...	1955	43%
The Lusitania is Sunk; 1000 Probably Are Lost	1915	41%
Contested: Florida Keeps Nation in Suspense	2000	41%
Earthquake and Fire: San Francisco in Ruins	1906	35%
Destruction of the War Ship Maine was the Work of an Enemy	1898	27%
Navy Hunts Amelia Lost in Pacific Ocean	1937	27%
Rights Bill Becomes Law	1964	22%
Sacco and Vanzetti Put to Death Early This Morning	1920	18%